The Bat
By: Jo Nesb©ı ; translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett
Contributors: Bartlett, Don, translator
Edition: First Vintage Crime/Black Lizard edition.
Series: A Harry Hole novel
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9780345807090; 9780345807106; 9781846556005; 9781846551451
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Murder; Harry Hole (Fictitious character); Investigation; Fiction
Work titles: Flaggermusmannen
Description: Follows Harry Hole's efforts to solve the murder of a television celebrity whose demise is linked to a string of serial killings.

Inspector Harry Hole of the Oslo Crime Squad is dispatched to Sydney to observe a murder case. Harry is free to offer assistance, but he has firm instructions to stay out of trouble. The victim is a Norwegian woman who is a minor celebrity back home. Harry befriends one of the lead detectives, and one of the witnesses, as he is drawn deeper into the case. Together, they discover that this is only the latest in a string of unsolved murders, and the pattern points toward a psychopath working his way across the country.